Nordstrom Rack and Macy’s stores are ransacked by groups of thieves who made off with thousands of dollars worth of designer purses in California

A Nordstrom Rack in Riverside has been ransacked by a band of six thieves who made off with thousands of dollars worth of designer handbags.

The incident come as Southern California experiences a wave of ‘flash robberies’, where a group of thieves overwhelm a store’s employees and security before making off with as many items as possible.

The department store on Canyon Springs Parkway was hit first on July 10 and again just weeks later in a separate incident on August 14.

[News] Arcadia, California.— Thieves hit Macy’s located in The Shops at Santa Anita on 400 S Baldwin Ave. | smash-and-grab | #burglary #shoplifting 📸 Aniella Weise pic.twitter.com/9by0TCA6z0

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